Ahoy, mateys, and welcome to Game Buoy MICRO – your occasional parfait of left-of-center gaming news and views nibbles and victuals that maybe weren’t on our radar during the recording of our most recent episode, but should’ve been! On this episode, recorded June 22, 2013, wediscuss Microsoft’s recent announcement of its reversal of the Xbox One’s DRM policies, as first reported by Giant Bomb. We discuss where the Xbox One still falls short, how these changes will alter the climate of the new console generation, and what Microsoft’s initial plans for the Xbox One might suggest about the way they approach hardware in the future.

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